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Between 1949 and 1959, he was member of the Philippine House of Representatives. From 1958 to 1965, he was a member of the Philippine Senate. He was Senate President in 1963. He claimed that during World War II he had been the leader of Ang Maharlika, a guerrilla force in northern Luzon.

As a president, he helped improve the infrastructure of the Philippines. He was also good at international diplomacy. There were also some problems during his presidency: His style of leadership was very controlling. Government greed, government bullying, despotism, nepotism, and human rights abuses were common. When he was president, he was arrogant.[1]

In 1983, his government was the one at fault in the killing of his main government challenger, Benigno Aquino, Jr.. This caused many events, like a wrongful president vote. People became angry after and kicked him out using peaceful actions in February 1986.

He and his wife Imelda Marcos were later accused of stealing billions of dollars of government money and hiding those to the United States, Switzerland, and other countries, as well as into fake companies in his 20 years as president.